Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$40.50
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$270.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$21.31 with CHC vs $243.00 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|CHIP | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $21.31 | ↓ -47% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $21.74 | ↓ -46% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $21.95 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $22.38 | ↓ -45% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $24.93 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $24.93 | ↓ -38% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $24.93 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $25.37 | ↓ -37% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $25.37 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $25.37 | ↓ -37% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $25.37 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $25.37 | ↓ -37% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $25.62 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $25.79 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $26.13 | ↓ -35% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $27.15 | ↓ -33% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $31.71 | ↓ -22% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $38.06 | ↓ -6% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $40.59 | ↑ +0% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $47.31 | ↑ +17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $48.20 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $59.40 | ↑ +47% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $65.96 | ↑ +63% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $76.11 | ↑ +88% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $83.72 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $88.80 | ↑ +119% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $97.20 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $102.49 | ↑ +153% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $109.20 | ↑ +170% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $129.60 | ↑ +220% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $164.70 | ↑ +307% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $183.60 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $189.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $243.00 | ↑ +500% |
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Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $40.50 | $21.31 – $243.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $40.50 | $21.31 – $243.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $22.83 – $97.67 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $20.88 – $104.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $21.31 – $104.53 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $55.41 – $110.61 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $20.88 – $104.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $20.88 – $104.53 |